"navigation cancelled" when connected to the internet

Error: ''Navigation Cancelled" when trying to follow a link

If my internet connection is established, and I start up IE, I can acces pages by type the full URL in the adress bar. But when I try to acces a page by a hyperlink, (or for example by press search on altavista) I get the error message: "Navigation cancelled ".
(Pages I can acces by typing the URL are not pages I have made available in offline mode, I really can view them online).

I can't log in to MSN Messenger either.

OS: Win98 SE
Internet Connection: 512/64 aDSL

Any help would be appreciated.

 

I think a good starting point is to repair IE & see how it is after that .

Try choice 2 .

W95 you have 3 choices . With W98 , if you have IE5.1 or higher & you
still have IE4 installed the following applies . No IE4 only 2 choices .
IE5.5 if over the top of 5.1 , offers 3 choices .

You can install IE5.1 straight over 4 . A big feature with IE5 is that
it can be repaired without uninstalling . Here is how to do it . Open
Control Panel , Add / Remove , click on Microsoft Internet Explorer ,
then click on add / remove down the bottom . This opens a window with
3 choices .

No Microsoft Internet Explorer in Control Panel !
Start>Run , key in msinfo32 and press Enter . Click on Tools >
IE Repair Tool .

W2000 > Start > Run
then enter exactly (case/space-sensitive)
rundll32.exe setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance
this will give you the IE Repair dialog... proceed to repair IE

Repair IE6 .
http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/ie6/index.shtml
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/442/

How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318378
http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/utips/utips13.shtml
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm

Choice 1. Add , insert your IE5 install program & you can find other
items you may not have installed 1st time .

Choice 2. Repair , fixes problems that may crop up with IE5 / Outlook

Choice 3. If unfixable , removes IE5 & goes back to IE4 , now if you
want to you can reinstall IE5 or a later version or another browser
altogether .

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.ASP
http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/xmldocs/windows_9x_nt/browsers/ie_5.0/1680.help.html
http://www.netcom.net.uk/support/win/nc5/repair1.htm

 

This may help.

 

This also may apply .

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q198922